Sunny, warming up to low 80s

PEAKED. SO THIS IS REALLY EARLY. YEAH, WE’RE A WEEK OR TWO AHEAD OF SCHEDULE, IF NOT MORE, BUT WE ARE GOING TO SEE THAT THROUGHOUT ALL OF NEW ENGLAND. THE WORST OF THE DROUGHT IMPACTS THAT WE FELT FROM THE SUMMER EXPERIENCED IN NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND, WHERE WE HAD EXTREME DROUGHT. AND THAT’S STILL THE CASE AT THIS POINT. SO THAT IS WHY YOU CAN CLEARLY SEE FOLIAGE REPORTS HERE INDICATING MODERATE TO EVEN NEAR PEAK CONDITIONS AS YOU TRAVEL THROUGH MUCH OF VERMONT. NORTHERN HALF OF NEW HAMPSHIRE AND HEADING UP INTO MUCH OF MAINE, ESPECIALLY AS YOU GET TOWARD THE CANADIAN BORDER. THE BERKSHIRES STARTING TO SEE SOME COLOR, AND WE HAVE SOME SIGNS OF COLOR AS YOU MOVE FROM THE MASS PIKE NORTH IN AND AROUND BOSTON. BUT WE’RE STILL QUITE SOME TIME AWAY FROM SEEING PEAK HERE IN SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND. LET’S TALK ABOUT OUR SKIES. WE HAVE A FEW CLOUDS OVERHEAD IN WORCESTER, BUT YOU CAN SEE THE SKIES ARE STARTING TO BRIGHTEN THROUGHOUT MUCH OF THE AREA. AS WE TAKE A LOOK AT OUR CLOUD DECK, YOU CAN SEE IT’S STARTING TO SHIFT SOUTHEASTWARD. SO MUCH BRIGHTER OUTLOOK AS YOU GO FROM 95 NORTH AND WEST. HOWEVER, OVER FAR SOUTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND CAPE COD, A SPOT THAT DID SEE THE STEADIER SHOWERS OVERNIGHT. WE STILL HAVE A FEW CLOUDS OVERHEAD, AND WHERE WE SEE JUST ABOUT A QUARTER OF AN INCH OF RAINFALL IS DOWN TOWARD NANTUCKET. THAT’S WHERE THE SHOWERS WERE SLOWEST TO MOVE OUT FOR. FOR THE REST OF US, THIS WAS A REALLY LIGHT RAIN, MAINLY CONFINED TO AREAS SOUTH OF THE PIKE. THIS IS GOING TO BE THE TREND HERE. THE CLEAR OUT CONTINUES AS WE MOVE TOWARD NOON, AND YOU CAN SEE HOW SKIES ARE BRIGHTENING BY THAT POINT. EVEN ON CAPE COD ISLAND. SO WE’LL HOLD ON TO A DRY AND SUNNY AFTERNOON FOR ALL OF THE REGION. WE ARE CLIMBING INTO THE 70S ALREADY IN THE CITY, UPPER 60S ELSEWHERE. KEEP IN MIND OUR AVERAGE HIGH IS IN THE MID TO UPPER 60S, SO WE’RE ALREADY SURPASSING THAT. HERE WE ARE AT 10:00 IN THE MORNING, BUT AS WE TRAVEL TOWARD THE MID AFTERNOON AND THE HEIGHT OF THE HEAT, I EXPECT WE’LL anthem 82 IN BOSTON. AND WITH THIS WEST SOUTHWEST WIND, IT WILL BE EASY TO anthem THESE MID 80S, ESPECIALLY AS YOU MOVE JUST NORTHWEST OF THE CITY INTO THE MERRIMACK VALLEY. YOU MIGHT RUN INTO A FEW MID 80S ALONG 95 AS WELL, A LITTLE BIT COOLER DOWN TOWARD THE SOUTH COAST, CAPE AND ISLANDS, WHERE YOU’LL SEE MORE IN THE WAY OF 70. STILL VERY WARM FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR, BUT THAT OCEAN INFLUENCE WILL KEEP US JUST A FEW DEGREES COOLER THAN SOME OF THE INLAND SUBURBS. WE’RE COOL AND CLEAR FOR TONIGHT. I DO EXPECT SOME OF THE COOLEST SUBURBS WILL FALL INTO THE UPPER 40S, BUT MID 50S FOR BOSTON. WE HAVE INCREASING CLOUDS TOMORROW, BUT STILL ANOTHER WARM DAY WITH UPPER 70S INLAND. COOLER AT THE COAST IN THE LOW TO MID 70S. WE HAVE UMBERTO CATEGORY FOUR HURRICANE AND IT’S GETTING CLOSE TO BERMUDA BY TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. LIKELY STILL NEAR MAJOR HURRICANE STRENGTH. SO WHILE IT’S NOT HITTING BERMUDA, WIND AND SURF IMPACTS, WE COULD FEEL THOSE SURF IMPACTS ALL THE WAY UP HERE TOWARD OUR COASTLINE AS WELL. MEANWHILE, WE HAVE TROPICAL DEPRESSION NINE SET TO BECOME IMELDA, MOVING RIGHT THROUGH THE BAHAMAS AT THIS MOMENT WITH TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS. TROPICAL STORM movie FOR THE EASTERN COASTLINE OF FLORIDA, BUT THIS IS NOT EXPECTED TO MAKE LANDFALL IN THE U.S. IT’S STAYING OFF THE FLORIDA COASTLINE AND TAKING A SHARP TURN WHILE IT SITS AT CATEGORY ONE STRENGTH. AS WE MOVE TOWARD THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK, IT COULD BRING POTENTIALLY UP TO NINE INCHES OF RAINFALL. WHEN ALL IS SAID AND DONE BY LATER THIS WEEK. SO SOUTH CAROLINA BRACING FOR SOME FLOODING IMPACTS AT THE VERY LEAST. MEANWHILE, WE ARE SUNNY AND DRY WITH HIGH PRESSURE IN CONTROL NEAR 80 TOMORROW, BUT WE’RE CLOSER TO 60 AS WE KICK OFF. OCTOBER.